1st Engrossment - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010) Posted on 05/10/2010 07:50am
A bill for an act
relating to human services; modifying a nursing facility rate provision; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 256B.431, subdivision 35.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 256B.431, subdivision 35, is amended to
read:
For rate years beginning on
or after July 1, 2001, in calculating a nursing facility's operating cost per diem for the
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other section, the commissioner shall exclude adjustments for raw food costs under
subdivision 2b, paragraph (h), that are related to providing special diets based on religious
beliefs.